Friend,

I wanted to introduce you to Zeinabou, who fled her home country of Mauritania due to racial persecution and violence and settled in the U.S.

Zeinabou lives with her husband and two children in Texas — helping other Mauritanian community members who live in the U.S. and advocating for the Biden Administration to designate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Mauritania.

Watch Zeinabou’s powerful video urging the Biden Administration to designate TPS for Mauritania. Please share her story with your social networks to help spread the word.

Many Black Mauritanians — like Zeinabou and her family — have suffered years of racial persecution and have been forced to flee their home for asylum on U.S. soil. If deported from the U.S., Black Mauritanians would likely suffer from widespread race and ethnicity-based human rights abuses, state-sponsored violence, and possibly even enslavement.

Mauritania was the last country in the world to abolish slavery. However, the Mauritanian government has failed to enforce its laws and slavery continues to be widespread. It’s among the top 10 worst countries in the world for the prevalence of slavery.

Around 2,000 to 3,000 Mauritanians living in the U.S. would benefit from a TPS designation, allowing them and their families to obtain work authorization and protection from deportation.

Share Zeinabou’s powerful story of resilience and community. Then, share her video to call on the Biden Administration to urgently designate TPS for Mauritania to protect Black Mauritanians and their families from deportation and harm.

The Biden Administration can keep thousands of individuals — like Zeinabou and her family — safe if they take action now.

Thank you for supporting immigrants today,

FWD.us Team